German actress
Key FactsElke Sommer reportedly died at 85
Oct 29, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: ga.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: ga.de
- Elke Sommer was born Elke von Schletz on November 5, 1940, in Berlin-Spandau.
- After a beauty contest in Viareggio, a director hired her for a film production in Rome, where she adopted the name Sommer.
- Her first major leading role was in the 1961 film „Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt“.
- She later received a Golden Globe as best newcomer of the year for her role in „Der Preis“.
“May God take me when my husband no longer needs me.”— Elke Sommer said this to Bunte a year earlier, speaking about her seriously ill husband, Wolf Walther.
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